Improved window-sash fastening



' @initrd tutea 'wat @twine Letters Patent No. 96,616, dated November 9,1869.

lIMPROVIEII) WINDOW-SASH IFAS'IENIN'G.

The Schedule Areferred. tcfin these Letters Patent and making part' ofthe'same.

To all "10710111, it may concern.

Be it known that'I, SAMUEL REED, of Rising Sun,

in the count-y of Cecil, and State of Maryland, have invented a new andimproved Sash-Fastening; and I 'do hereby declare that the following isa` full, clear,

and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart to malte andu'sc the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, thrilling part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is afront View of a windowv to which my improved fastening has beenattached, part being broken away toshow the construction.

Fignre 2 is a vertical section of the same, taken through the line a'rv, tig. 1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section of the same, taken through the line yy, hg. 1.

Similar letters ofrcterence indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has'for its object to furnish an iinproved window-sashfastening, by means of which the sash may be fastened, closed or open,to any desired extent, either at the top or bottom, or both, and whichshall be simple in construction and effective iu operation; and l Itconsists in thel construction and combination ot the various parts ot'the fastening, as hereinafter more fully described.

A represents the window-casing; B, the lower sash; and C, the uppersash, about the construction of which parts there is nothing new.

I) are plates, attached to the forward sides of the lower parts ot' theside bars ot' the upper sash, and which have three, more or less,transverse slots formed in them.'

In the central slot is placed a bolt, E, which shoots into a slot-tedplate attached to or into a mortise formed in the casing A, to lock thesash C, when fully raised or closed.

l are lever-catches, -pivoted to the top bar ot' 'the lower sash B, orto plates securely attached to said sash.

ward, their outer ends will be forced outward, and will enter the lowerslot of the plate or plates D, securely locking the sashes. Then eithersash may be partly opened, the outer ends of theltwer-catches F may, inthe saine Ina-nner, be forced into one ot' thc upper slots ofthe plat-esD, to securely connect the sashes to each other, so that they may beraisedaud lowered together.

To the upper part of the upper sash C is attached one end of the doublecord G, which passes over ,the

pulley H, attached to the'upper part of the casiugA, p and thefree endof which extends down -in front ot' y the window, as shown in tigs.1 and2.

The cords G are connected to eachother, at suit-able distances apart, toform loops, which may be passed over knobs I, attached to the lowersash, to suspend the sashes'in any desired position.

J are slides or guides, attached to the upper part of the side edges ofthcl upper sash (l, projecting t'orl ward, and to the lower parts of theside edges ot the lower sash B,` projecting rearward.

The slides J are designed to be used when the window is constructedwithout a parting-strip between the sashes, and are intended to keep thesashes in a verbi# cal position when moving up and down.

Having thus described 1n y invention,

vl' claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combuiation ofthe catch F, slotted plate D,

and shootlngor sliding bolt E, substantially as set forth.

2. The arrangement of the bearing-guards J at the upper end ot" sash B,and lower end of sash C, to prevent their lateral displacement insliding up and down, all as set forth.

` SAMUEL REED.

Witnesses J AMES N 1c HoLs, FRANKLIN lLANGDON.

